I'm rather fond of one kind of scum, a kind often found in ponds: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyanobacteria "Cyanobacteria are probably the most numerous taxon to have ever existed on Earth an… (View Post)

"pendant" I hope our gracious host is no longer hanging by a thread. (View Post)

Every few years, there is a massive sewage spill in this area. To my distress, there seem to have been no significant political costs to the Democratic politicians who run Seattle and King County, fr… (View Post)

Until I learn the reason(s) for the container ship losing power, I will lean toward a Hanlon's Razor explanation. (Bayesians will understand.) Probably after we know the reason(s), too, but for the m… (View Post)

"The I-94 corridor on the eastern seaboard is literally what connects the North and South." North-south interstates in the US have odd numbers; beginning in the West. (There is an I-94. You… (View Post)